[Kde-hardware-devel] Solid API additions for power management

[Kevin Ottens]

On Wednesday 31 March 2010 13:06:55 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 March 2010 20:08:13 Kevin Ottens wrote:
> > > int timeToFullCharge() const; // Time remaining for the battery to be
> > > fully charged
> > 
> > Same remarck than above. And also note that this one has been
> > controversial in  the past (the whole "predictability" issue, discussed
> > at lenght in plasma- devel actually).
> > 
> > Now, I think that upower has a much better markov chain based model
> > (IIRC) to  do that, and that's the opportunity I was waiting for to get
> > this info reported. Please check on the reliability of it before
> > exposing it.
> 
> Shouldn't be a problem in this case. While battery drain depends on what
> you're doing with the system, charging behaviour should be pretty much
> linear.

Ah bugger, I misread obviously... I was talking about discharging while it's 
obviously not what's at hand there.

Regards.
-- 
Kévin Ottens, http://ervin.ipsquad.net

KDAB - proud patron of KDE, http://www.kdab.com
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